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hello everyone and welcome to the channel if you happen to be new around here my name is Trevor and
this is Anna we are the delightful travelers make sure to hit subscribe and click on that
tiny little bell to follow along on our now Dr Adventures we of course are still in cabarete
which is basically our home now we were here a couple of years ago and now that we been back
for a little while people keep asking us has it changed so today we're going to be answering
that question so throughout the video we'll be talking about a whole lot of subjects I think
the main one the big one of course is prices you guys are wondering of course if prices have gone
up here since the last time we were here so we'll be talking about a lot of categories within that
as well so also we talking about the weather the beach and all that stuff so for all of you
guys that are new around here and don't know the geography of the Dominican Republic we are located
in beautiful cabarete here in the North coast of of the country it's a small little Beach town and
that's where we're going to be talking about all these changes today we're basing the changes off
of where we are we know it doesn't represent the entire Dr but it will represent a lot of
other towns and places so you might be noticing that there's not really that many people around
the streets that we've been walking on so far it's been really quiet here since we arrived in October
it's now November as we filmed this we've noticed a little bit of an increase last time we were here
we arrived in November and then we noticed around like American Thanksgiving and then Christmas and
afterwards they got a little bit busier but we've been hearing it's been really quiet this year like
way quieter than it has been in a long time there's a c coming let's push over keep going
I think a lot of people came during the pandemic and they got a big influx of people then and now
maybe that people can travel to more places they are doing that unless are like fewer people are
coming here we'll see what happens in the winter but we did hear the summer was especially quiet so
it actually does make us wonder what this coming season is going to be like is there going to be
tons of people here there were a lot of people here a year and a half ago when we arrived or
or is it going to be a little more tranquil you know a little more calm less people now that kind
of you know CO's over and not everyone's moving and not everyone's buying property everywhere
so one thing that has not changed is H the traffic around here huh yeah you guys might know that it's
pretty scary to drive around here even crossing the street can be a little bit intimidating cuz
nobody stops for you that's not changed at all it's still loud it's still really scary to drive
around here but we do it yeah right now this looks pretty tame this is usually much busier we're
right by the grocery store which is Janet's and we're actually going to go in there in a moment
and talk about groceries so into the grocery store we go we'll go through some prices real quick here
you can get a yogurt for about 46 pesos a small local beer for 95 pesos you got milk for about
70 pesos cereal 220 pesos spaghetti about 50 to 100 pesos sauce is about 200 pesos we have wine
we all have wine 500 pesos toilet paper runs you about 200 pesos local bread 150 chicken 300 to 400
pesos rice 62 pesos very specific and coffee 280 pesos so we have definitely noticed that
prices have increased here since we were here the last time but basically a year and a half ago was
when we left uh but it's definitely way way way cheaper than in Canada I can tell you that yeah
and other countries that we've been to right for sure so last year we traveled right around
the entire globe and one thing we noticed in all the countries we we visited everyone would
say in their country alone like the prices went up like Canada's crazy expensive Greece is now
heck in Thailand things are going up in prices but here's we find it happening everywhere right
it's definitely happening everywhere I do want to put a little bit of a disclaimer on our feelings
about the prices here in the Dr we obviously like just traveled around the world we were
in some really really cheap places like Thailand and Vietnam where it's very very affordable but
then on our way back we stopped in like Japan and South Korea we were in the US we were in the UK we
were home in Canada we had a lot of sticker shock yeah big time yeah especially when we got home in
Canada you know we usually go away for month at a Time come back and I always notice the price
increases but in 2023 it like went up so it was such a sticker Shar when we came back so we need
to keep that in mind some people maybe are just in Canada and the US and they come down here for
a week or two and then they go home and so they might come back and say oh my goodness the prices
went up a lot here but we're also comparing it to different places around yeah we are the
thing is since we've been back already and a lot of you guys stop us and say Hello uh you do say
do you notice how much the prices have gone up we have but they're nowhere near in comparison with
some of the countries we just listed so if you're thinking about coming here know that it is still
quite affordable especially if you're coming from you know the Canadas or the UK or the Americas so
one thing you might be wondering about cuz we didn't talk about it when we went into Janets
was like the price of produce so much cheaper here if it's something local that they can grow
here which is a lot of things we in the last video we actually went to a little like fruit vegetable
stand and we spent maybe like $4 or $5 on a lot of stuff that would have probably cost like $10 or
$15 at home in Canada well one thing that has not changed here is this beautiful beach you guys this
this is why we have come back to cabarete it's literally our favorite place in the world have we
mentioned that yet the big reason why we love it is this beach is enormous we can walk it every day
and hopefully this never changes I don't know why it would but this is our little piece of paradise
yeah I absolutely love this beach so much we tend to go for a walk usually every day if we can for
like an hour sometimes an hour and a half you can just walked for ages on this beach but I will
say maybe I'm just miss not remembering things correctly but I feel like in the month that we've
been here the beach has changed so much every day and I don't remember this happening before
like some days there won't be much sand in certain areas other days the water will come up way higher
than I remember it coming up before uh there was a couple of days where it was actually going
into some restaurants and I don't remember that ever happening but it just seems like the shape
and the sand seem to be fluctuating a lot every day yeah and it's definitely to do well with the
ocean today it's super calm isn't it yeah I know other days was been massive massive waves today
is the perfect Beach day for filming a video so maybe not time for us to go sit on the beach but
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video and supporting creators like us so let's talk about real estate this place is just being
built now and it's right directly on the beach the prices here are extremely high this is probably
not a good example of how much things cost here I looked this place up the other day and I think it
starts around 850 and goes well into 1 850,000 or a million we're talking us not pesos here it's a
lot of money to live in this crazy building well here's the thing it's important to point out we
wanted to go with a dramatic example first this is right on this beautiful beach I mean you're in the
we're in the sand it's going to have an infinity pool looking like right onto the beach it's going
to be pretty incredible if you got a budget sure come here most of the places that we have noticed
are definitely increasing especially since the last time we were here I mean places near the
beach are we're talking about like one bedroom what 180,000 to 200,000 yeah not not directly
on them not with Beach views when you're talking Beach views you're getting way up there in prices
but to be close to the beach about like a minute walk you can get it for about between $150,000 and
$200,000 for sure but if you go 10 minutes kind of Inland it's a lot cheaper right it it is quite
a bit cheaper and I think so sua also it's like 20 minutes down the road is a little bit cheaper
than cabarete as well so basically the closer you are to the beach the better view you have the more
expensive it's going to be and the farther off you are even really nice places it gets quite
a bit cheaper speaking of that the same concept kind of works for rentals we haven't found the
prices have gone at too much leave a comment if you disagree with us cuz I'm curious but where we
stay the prices are really the same as they were last time we're minute literally like 30 seconds
from the beach and you're in the building that we're in it's usually like for one-bedroom 12200
to 2,000 most two bedrooms kind of similar 1,500 to 2200 depending on the season and and that kind
of thing of course once you get off the beach you know know across the road back into you know the
little bit more local areas even not that local areas it gets way cheaper like we're talking half
prices sometimes even lower we even know people that got places for like $300 $400 a month a
little more local so the moral of the story is you can get whatever you want one question we always
get asked from you guys down here is do we know any Realtors do we know any good realtors in the
area in the past we were always kind of nervous to recommend Realtors because almost anybody can
be a realtor down here don't have like a governing body per se so you get a lot of people just kind
of trying to be a realtor but now we're happy to say that we can finally recommend you to someone
we've met some people they're amazing they're trustworthy so if you guys are interested reach
out to us first via like email Instagram message Facebook message and then we will put you in touch
with the realtor and they do represent here for sure in a lot of the North Coast in general so
we've come over to friends here in town which is well it's an institution in cabarete for anyone
that has been been here before to the town you've probably been to this restaurant we
absolutely love this place you guys look at the colors there's so many flags so much going on
in here they even have Bloody Caesars we're from Canada we can get a Bloody Caesar we don't have to
get a bloody mary because bloody Caesars are a lot better I'm just joking around I like a bloody mary
too but this is one of our favorite little lunch spots in town specifically and we got some food
on the way so I got mango which is a traditional Dominican breakfast we both opted for a breakfast
dish today but I'll explain what's on mine basically this this is the mangoo over here and
it's like smash plantains I can't tell if those are pickled on the top I think traditionally they
are pickled but they could be fried not sure we'll find out very very soon got some fried cheese over
here and a fried egg over here so this is where things get really good this only cost 200 pesos
it's like $350 or $4 USD so really really cheap to eat especially breakfast around here let's
try it though is it actually good going try the mango I don't know about you guys but I love love
plantains that is so delicious I feel like one time we ordered this and it didn't actually come
with the onions and that is totally what makes it they are a pickled onion they're also a little bit
warmed up as well the mangoo itself almost reminds me of like mashed potatoes but a little bit like
more dense a little bit heartier it's so good so I ordered an omelette today you guys I decided to go
for like an American style breakfast since Anna's getting a a uh well a Dominican style breakfast
this also was only like $3.50 around there 200 pesos where can you eat like that for right here
in the Dr let's try it out really quick it's a bacon Al for that price you can not beat that
you can see the portions are huge as well bacon is really good down here in the Dr and the eggs
are also good this is a solid solid Alor so to be completely honest we probably could have split
that dish and then we're both eating for what like 100 pesos each so there you go it's like $2 $.75
each the portions are huge here so the prices yeah they haven't changed too much you guys
the prices are really really affordable here I'll try to put it into perspective a little more like
in the night at dinner when we go out to eat we can usually spend between $30 and $50 and that's
Canadian sometimes on some meals so we can get one appetizer two main sometimes we might split
a main cuz the portions here are big two glasses of wine a soda water and usually an espresso for
me cuz I'm a night owl and I'm usually up editing these videos and yeah somewhere between $30 and
$50 now sure there are restaurants where you can go and spend a lot more money than that
spend like American prices here but there's even restaurants you can go spend less to put that all
into perspective so there's one thing that hasn't changed to too much to us it's the restaurant
prices and that's one of the things we love about here quite often it's more affordable to eat out
than it is to go buy groceries and cook at home just think about that for a second well it looks
like like someone did some damage to her meal over here I know I still like Trevor just said I still
couldn't finish that so we easily could have split something especially at lunch we don't usually try
to eat too much food so next time we will be splitting but one thing I want to talk about
that hasn't changed and you might be wondering is always like this a lot of places only take cash so
be prepared for that there are definitely places that take credit cards not many more take credit
cards than the last time so that certainly hasn't changed but expect a few places to take credit
cards most will take cash just do you think it's like 5050 I feel like it's may say 6040 with the
cash for cash that's good to know and speaking of that this place well friends you can see the logo
behind you cash only well that was uh delicious and if you're coming to cabarete you have to go
to friends uh if you're wondering right now this building and you can hear some construction is
that building that had like the 800,000 USD to a million Doll place and on the other side right now
we're in the middle like friends is like right behind this yellow wall it's interesting this
little town all the changes huh yeah but just to kind of wrap things up a little bit in general
we find it feels the same here which is what we're after we come here for like this amazing Vibe it's
really hard to explain if you've never been here but there's a certain thing about this place still
got it is there is it's it's hard to describe we're still trying to put our finger on the exact
words for it but what we're hoping is these videos show you guys for us it's all about the work
lifestyle balance here I know a lot of people come to retire as well but for us the infastructure
is good enough there's highp speed internet we're on the beach every single day and we have amazing
restaurants in this little town and should I point out that we do not need a car that hasn't changed
yeah that has not changed either and speaking of restaurants I just want to point there are a few
new things that have opened a few things that have closed but in general it stays well balanced lots
of great places to eat which I think you know by now I think you guys can tell we still love this
place even though there has been some changes but nothing too significant this is our home
now we live here if it's your first time uh to the channel yeah this is this is home based now we've
been here more than any other place in the world for the last like 2 or 3 years so yeah it's just
special special to us and if you got this part in the video and you're like who the heck are
you guys it's Trevor and Anna delightful Travelers hit subscribe leave a comment all the things that
helps us out we should point out a quick little plug though we're hosting a group trip yeah we I
was about to do a segue into our favorite places we love it here we also love Greece and we're
doing a group trip to Greece in 2024 in September we'd love to have you along there's still plenty
of spots available if you want to grab one that's right did you hear that it's a group
trip that means all of you can come with us we're all going to we get to travel together together
we're going to do it all at once and we're going to Creek Greece and it's an amazing Island we've
been before but not to all the places so we just want to mention that if you're interested email us
or send us a message we'll put a link below as well click on that and read all about it
but for now we're going to end this video don't worry there's lots more coming up here in the Dr
from cabarete in the North Coast and many other places of the Dominican Republic not just here
all right guys that's it from cabarete wishing you delightful travels see you soon [Music]